Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-24
NEWS SUMMARY.

Capt, Adolphus W. Greedy, Of the 18th
cavalry, to be chief signal officer, with
rank of 5rigadIer general, to the senate
Tuesday.
Emil Paul, Monday night, at New
York, finished up the last of eighty two
quail eaten in forty-one consecutive
days. After disposing of the last brace
be ate five more quail off hand.
The governor of Ohio has issued a
proclamation offering reward of $500
600 for the capture of McMunn and the
RAvenna train outlaws, or 800 for the
capture of any one Of them.
The United States mint st Philadel-
phia, Tuesday, secured a counterfeit
So so gold piece of 1852, for which il
had been in quest fol- years, for the pur
pose of completing its cabinet. 1t was
presented to Superintendent Fox by L.
81. Taylor & Co., bankers, who got it in
q $10,C0 lot from the sub treasury.
The wholesale dry goods and boot and
shoe house of Block, Oppenheimer s.
Co., Galveston, Texas, fled for record
Tuesday the transfer of their entire
stock and business premises in payment
Of obligations due local creditors. These
local debts aggregate 1926 800. The
total Liabilities of the firm will reach
$750,000, nearly all of which Is secured
as above, and is owing in New York.
Benjamin., Calendar s. Co., one of the
Oldest hardware firms IN Boston, have
failed. Liabilities $117 GOO; assets I'M.
known.
The board of managers of the New
York produce exchange Monday adopt
ed a rule forbidding trading in 'puts"
and "calls."
At an early hour Monday morning a
man claiming to be Harry McMunn, who
was rescued from the officers at r vienna,
Ohio, entered a saloon at Pittsburgh,
Pa. He was taken in charge by officers.
A negro, named Calvan Garmany,
has been found near Greenville, 8. c.,
who has just discovered that he is g
free man. He has been working for a
brutal master, and had not heard of the
emancipation proclamation.
The opera house, masonic building
and several stores were burned at
Augusta, GA, Saturday night, loss $185,
600.
George w. Beattie, chief book-keep-
er for Fielder, MOeldner g. Co., of Bos-
ton has fed. His accol nts are short
between $4,000 and 100000.
By the collapse of burning wash
house IN San Francisco one fireman was
killed and three wounded. It is sup
posed that several Cinnamon are in the
ruins.
An ice gorge at Lyons, Mich, has re-
suited in the flooding Of the town. Sew
eral families have been driven out, and
the water is higher than the second floor
of the Cornell works and the wooden
mills. An ice gorge mas also formed at
Owasso, necessitatlng the closing of the
factories. The streets OF Lansing are
being havigated by boats, and all the
mills along the river are shut down. TIE
bridges imperiled have been secured by
cables, aud dynamite has been used sue
cessfully to scatter the ice.
The flames which destroyed Arnot's
livery stable at St. Louis Wednesday
night, consumed the hearse which bore
the remains of President Abraham Lin
coin to their last resting place.
Daring thieves entered the postot1ice
st Boundbrook, N. j., Wednesday night.
One thief was shot, but be managed to
get away to the r sritan river, where he
jumped in, hoping to escape by swim
ming to the other side. When but few
feet from the shore he sank with a dis
pairing cry and was drowned. A pal
uf the drowned thief made a desperate
stl uggle for freedom, but was over pow
cred and taken into custody.
Joseph Plew, a farm hand, was arrest
ed Thursday at Fl. Wayne, Ind., for the
murder of the entire Dunham family
near Warsaw. Dunham's pocket book
and $50 in money were found in Plew's
pocket. He was employed by Durham,
and two weeks ago they quarrelled, and
Plew was discharged. When he left be
threatened to get even with Durham. A
part of Dunhan's scalp was found tram
pied in the mud, which disproves the
theory of suicide. Mrs. Durham Is
growing stronger, but is still uncon-
scious. Durham and child were buried
In one grave Thursday,
Bill Sharp, noted desperado, was ar
rested in Almeua, Mich, Tuesday night
He Is wanted for burglsrizing the home
of an aged couple near Newcastle, Pa,
last August, robbing them of about &c.
600. He has also committed bigamy
Owing to foods caused by ice gorges
no trains have departed for the west
from Lock Haven, Pa, for forty-eight